Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Performance

Company: Asian American Arts Alliance
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 11, 2025

Job Description:

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in PerformanceThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago36 S Wabash AveChicago, IL 60603DeadlineRollingPostedThe Department of Performance at the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position begins in August of 2025. Salary is competitive with peer institutions and commensurate with quality of practice, scholarship, academic research, extent of teaching experience, and current professional standing.Program ProfileThe Department of Performance at SAIC is unique in the United States, bringing a performance and performance studies curriculum to both undergraduate and graduate students in an interdisciplinary art school setting. Building on a foundation of experimentation, the Department of Performance evolves in relation to new developments inside and outside the field of performance, and aims to be responsive to new ways of seeing and understanding the world in the 21st century.Our curriculum combines intensive studio practice with rigorous critical, theoretical, and historical study to inform aesthetic choices and expression. Their interdisciplinary approach builds on a broad range of performative modes, including live action, performance installation, movement research, tactical and site specific performance, interactive digital technologies, critical/activist social and political performance, performing the non-human, social justice, abandoned practices, archive and ritual, and performative writing.Full-time faculty in the Department of Performance teach and advise undergraduate and graduate students within the interdisciplinary art and design school environment of SAIC. The faculty member will teach in areas that contribute to the general curricular goals of the department as well as in their area of specialization, using an antiracist and decolonial framework to develop coursework; take a leadership role in forging the future of the department and the School; work effectively, flexibly, and ethically with diverse communities of artists, educators, and students across SAIC and Chicago, as well as nationally and internationally; participate in student advising, admissions events, committee work, and special projects; and participate in departmental administration and school governance.RequirementsQualificationsA strong record of performance practice is required. A terminal degree in performance or other relevant field of study is preferred. Experience in teaching is preferred. The ideal candidate will contribute to the diversity of the School by bringing a perspective, way of thinking, and/or a unique set of experiences that expand the intellectual conversations and practices in the field. They seek candidates with the knowledge and aptitude to teach and mentor students from diverse backgrounds, and who will create a positive, inventive, and productively critical learning environment. Candidates should demonstrate their experience with, or aptitude for, departmental administration.They seek an interdisciplinary, contemporary performance artist with expertise and significant output in one or more of the following areas:

• Live art / Performance Art
• Social practice
• Post-studio practice
• Art intervention
• Digital/multimedia
• Extended reality
• Immersive/site specific
• Expansive choreographic practice
• Queer disabilities studies and practice
• Race politics, social justice practice
• Queer theory and Feminist theory
• Archival inquiry and ritualThey are looking for a performance artist who engages and demonstrates the following:
• Vibrant and continuing artistic practice that engages with contemporary developments in the field of performance.
• Ability to combine creative practice with critical enquiry into contemporary issues and to articulate these in a teaching context.
• Experience combining a wide range of methodologies and artistic disciplines within an art school context; commitment to interdisciplinary practices.
• Ability to work effectively, flexibly, collaboratively, and ethically with diverse communities of artists, educators and students across the School, Chicago, Nationally and Internationally.
• Interest and capability in working with an anti-racist and decolonial framework to develop coursework; commitment to challenging Western training conventions and hierarchies of knowledge; and ability to incorporate sustainable practices and values in observance of building anti-racist production models.
• Interest in collaboratively and individually building new curricula and contributing to the articulation of the future of the area of Performance.Application InstructionsApplication ProceduresApplicants are encouraged to apply by January 13, 2025 for full consideration. Please submit application materials via . You will be asked to create an account after which time you may complete the application, which consists of fill-in fields and required documents to upload. You are encouraged to begin the application well before the priority deadline.Complete the fields for educational background; current position; and contact information for three professional references.Please convert all word documents into PDFs before uploading. Required files to upload include:
• cover letter stating your interests and qualifications (2 pages maximum)
• curriculum vitae
• 3 examples of your performance work in the form of video links, supplemented by any additional photographic documentation and/or written materials. Please provide a brief description of each work as well as a specific 5 minute section that you would like the committee to review.
• statement of teaching philosophy including details on how your teaching has supported the success of students from racial, ethnic, gender, and/or socio-economic backgrounds that are under-represented in your field
• one page artist statement
• 2 examples of course syllabi for graduate and undergraduate coursesAll applicants for this position must complete and sign a Prior Workplace Conduct Declaration as part of their initial application materials in order to be considered as a candidate and sign a release authorizing SAIC to conduct a misconduct reference check should the candidate ultimately be selected as a finalist for the position.
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